SECAF awards Air Force Cross, medals to Air Commandos

The team was trapped, outnumbered and bombarded by grenades and machine gun fire from elevated positions. Bullets ricocheted around them.Ordnance from circling, friendly aircraft exploded meters from their position, shaking the ground, as smoke from an exploded cache smothered the village.Their

Capitol interest

Hurlburt Field honors Operation Bahamas, Antilles and Turks

Air Commandos with the 1st Special Operations Wing hosted retired U.S. Air Force Col. John Hester and retired Tech. Sgt. Paul Cartter during a memorial plaque unveiling ceremony at here, Oct. 14. A plaque was dedicated to the three Air Commandos who died in the Jan. 9, 1984, 44 Alpha crash during

President Trump holds event at 193rd Special Operations Wing

The president arrived at the 193rd Special Operations Wing Wednesday to speak before an audience including White House staff, media and nearly 1,000 members of the public.The event marked the president’s second visit to the Air National Guard base since taking office last November.The role the wing

Military free-fall; Air Commandos reign from above

Kirtland Airmen Participate in Survival Training

Kirtland Airmen got their feet wet Sept 27 during water survival training conducted by the 58th Operations Support Squadron.Airmen from the 377th Force Support Squadron and 150th Special Operations Wing completed an overturned-aircraft simulation, compressed-air breathing exercises and various

Military free fall operations at Kadena

Pacific Commandos exercise readiness during typhoon evac

353rd SOG supports deployment, sustainment ops during Tropic Ace

Celebrating 10 years of AFSOC at Cannon

Cannon’s Air Commandos are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the base being part of Air Force Special Operations Command by hosting multiple events on base Sept. 28 – 30, 2017.